oh! Armenian Jazz Sextet not on YT at all, I'll have to post it myself! Too good to not be better known so GO SEE MY CHANNEL as I'll add it shortly...
having just got a Mint UK copy cheap on ebay (tee hee) listen to the B side, even more kooky if less R&R
Another great Armenian exotica record is Pretty Girl/Harem Dance by Armenian Jazz Sextet from 1957. The Jazz bit may put exotica dancer buyers off but no real Jazz. No doubt YouTube has it too
its so sad that we are suffering now because of our ancestors mistakes. with musicians like these, the anatolian music would be much spectacular and well-known around the globe. these people, the armenian artists are the real children of the anatolia aka asia minor. yet, they left that grounds after the tehcir law of ottomans.
and who are we? we are the regretful turkish people.
Yes..it was from the late 50's...the vocalist is Onnik Dinkjian, father of Ara Dinkjian, world renown oudist. The band was the Nor Ikes, Chick Ganimian on Oud, Steve Boghosian on Clarinet, Sudan Baronian on Clarinet and percussion, Eddie Malkasian on Sax and Aram Davidian playing dumbeg
WOW! I've been looking for this obscurity for years. It was a semi-hit in 1958 NYC after its release on a small label as a single. I'm sure the melody is a mid-east folk song, as there are other instrumental youtube versions performed by klezmer bands etc who are unlikely to have heard this version. The lyrics on this version probably were written for this recording based on its mention of r&r. So it's an original in the lyric sense, and a tradition song which goes way back in all others.
On the back cover of his record he is mentioned as the author of this song between other songs that he covered (he did also a cover version of Over The Rainbow that is also pretty good..) Due to that i´m pretty sure that this song isn´t an old Greece folk song.. but it´s a great song, indeed..! :)
its an old armenian song, look up "dari lolo" on youtube, you can see it sung in armenian by richard hagopian (its at the end of a video where he also sings istemem and oghlan oghlan)
@lemonsqueezermunich i think you mean Kazantzidis (a famous greek folk singer of the 60s) version. But as you might know greek music at this time were influeced from eastern tunes. In fact many of the composers of the time were "stealing" unknown to the greek audience tunes from the east.
Great song it is. Oritental Rock has a different taste and has its place in music genres. Thanks to the radio programme called Haftanın En Sık 10'lusu broadcasted in Turkey I met this song. Thnx.
nice track (*
AdemBir1 3 months ago
maksimum rakta dinlerdik eskiden.. hey gidi günler
akinetton 4 months ago
I found Halvah which was on the flip side of Daddy Lolo 45 platter (if I recall correctly): watch?v=rmETE8p8wCE
rschletty 8 months ago 2
Fantastic! I lost my 45 rpm record years ago. Can you post the flip side, Halvah?
rschletty 8 months ago
oh! Armenian Jazz Sextet not on YT at all, I'll have to post it myself! Too good to not be better known so GO SEE MY CHANNEL as I'll add it shortly...
cccatno1 8 months ago
having just got a Mint UK copy cheap on ebay (tee hee) listen to the B side, even more kooky if less R&R
Another great Armenian exotica record is Pretty Girl/Harem Dance by Armenian Jazz Sextet from 1957. The Jazz bit may put exotica dancer buyers off but no real Jazz. No doubt YouTube has it too
cccatno1 8 months ago
its so sad that we are suffering now because of our ancestors mistakes. with musicians like these, the anatolian music would be much spectacular and well-known around the globe. these people, the armenian artists are the real children of the anatolia aka asia minor. yet, they left that grounds after the tehcir law of ottomans.
and who are we? we are the regretful turkish people.
strutter0505 1 year ago
Yes..it was from the late 50's...the vocalist is Onnik Dinkjian, father of Ara Dinkjian, world renown oudist. The band was the Nor Ikes, Chick Ganimian on Oud, Steve Boghosian on Clarinet, Sudan Baronian on Clarinet and percussion, Eddie Malkasian on Sax and Aram Davidian playing dumbeg
wiresman1 1 year ago
Fab - thanks for putting it up.
davegiraffe 1 year ago 2
@davegiraffe
glad you like it..! :)
tourist7 1 year ago
Hey, this IS oriental rock and roll! And it is from "Dari Lolo." And here's me thinking it's just an "imagined exotic" piece.
regusted 1 year ago
WOW! I've been looking for this obscurity for years. It was a semi-hit in 1958 NYC after its release on a small label as a single. I'm sure the melody is a mid-east folk song, as there are other instrumental youtube versions performed by klezmer bands etc who are unlikely to have heard this version. The lyrics on this version probably were written for this recording based on its mention of r&r. So it's an original in the lyric sense, and a tradition song which goes way back in all others.
cdbob18 1 year ago
I still wonder if this is the original version, as this tune is also popular in Greece and it could be an old Greece folk song??
lemonsqueezermunich 2 years ago
As far as i know, Charles Ganimian, is armenian.
On the back cover of his record he is mentioned as the author of this song between other songs that he covered (he did also a cover version of Over The Rainbow that is also pretty good..) Due to that i´m pretty sure that this song isn´t an old Greece folk song.. but it´s a great song, indeed..! :)
tourist7 2 years ago
its an old armenian song, look up "dari lolo" on youtube, you can see it sung in armenian by richard hagopian (its at the end of a video where he also sings istemem and oghlan oghlan)
aghzar 2 years ago
@lemonsqueezermunich i think you mean Kazantzidis (a famous greek folk singer of the 60s) version. But as you might know greek music at this time were influeced from eastern tunes. In fact many of the composers of the time were "stealing" unknown to the greek audience tunes from the east.
imryrian 11 months ago
Thanks so much. This song is incredible for 1958 and way ahead of its time.
markdelaney 2 years ago
bu kadar güzel bişey neden bu kadar kısa sürer be arkadaş.
ahoyahoyoyoy 2 years ago
Great song it is. Oritental Rock has a different taste and has its place in music genres. Thanks to the radio programme called Haftanın En Sık 10'lusu broadcasted in Turkey I met this song. Thnx.
aceticacid5 2 years ago 2
Can't believe I've found this, I've been looking for it for 30 odd years - since I broke the original! Great fun this. Thanks tourist xxxx
lashem 2 years ago 3
You are very welcome..! :)
tourist7 2 years ago
turn around, step out and do the solo.... what a song!!!!!!
missrossini 2 years ago